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Lakesidefantasy replied to the thread D&D General 3rd party RPGs using the 5e engine: which ones are your favorite?.Shadowdark's my favorite. I'm looking for less rules, less customization, and more focus on the adventure. -
Lakesidefantasy reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with
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As far as so-called meta-gaming monster knowledge goes I follow these simple steps: 1. Assume good faith from players (and probably... -
Lakesidefantasy reacted to Bagpuss's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with Like.
Racism. Next question.
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with Like.
My guess is that it is at least partly inspired by the fact that dragons in heraldry had to be reducible to simple descriptions...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to mixmastashizz's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with Like.
No one, not even me, is saying that I think players are encouraged to go off and look up adventures and read the monster manual between...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with Like.
No, but certainly this is perfectly possible. Characters are in wilderness, the hear rumours of Zirconium Dragon on the area. Characters...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General Disaster Patrons and Their Longsuffering Warlocks with Like.
I can see it, a bit of a Constantine vibe. I typically like to think of Patrons as someone who's got their act together and has schemes...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to RoughCoronet0's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with Like.
I’ve never had a problem with color coded dragons (or color coded creatures/enemies in general). Having said that, I’ve been expanding...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with Like.
It's metagame knowledge if you use it for your character when it is unlikely that they would know it. Which matters to some folks...
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Lakesidefantasy replied to the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?.I try to obscure everything I can about the monsters. We're as likely to encounter a four-legged black wyvern as we are a dragon with...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Arnie_Wan_Kenobi's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with Like.
Fully off topic, but ye gods, I miss when THAT was the D&D webpage.
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Corinnguard's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with
Wow.
It could have been a two-way street. Think of the number of physicists today who grew up playing D&D. -
Lakesidefantasy replied to the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?.I haven't much time to write at the moment so I apologize for this half-baked thought. Supersymmetry in physics was "in the news" in...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to fjw70's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is there an adventure for this map? with Like.
I have found that any older edition adventures work well for 5e.
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Ancalagon's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is there an adventure for this map? with Like.
Oh! That looks a *lot* like a castle in a Dungeon Magazine adventure - a rather good one I should add. One moment... (goes to dig...